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Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection

starring: Yvonne Arnaud, Claude Badolle, Nicolas Bataille, Alain Bécourt, Adelaide Danieli

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780023994
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780023994
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 06, 2004
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 7669
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 1958



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Description:
Slapstick prevails when Jacques Tati's eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot is let loose in the ultramodern house of his brother-in-law, and in an antiseptic factory that manufactures plastic hose. Tati directs and stars in the second entry of the Hulot series, a delightful satire of mechanized living. Academy Award winner, Best Foreign Film.

Amazon.com:
A comic masterpiece from director-star Jacques Tati (Playtime, Traffic), this 1958 film--Tati's first in color--reprises the carefree, oblivious title character from the director's hilarious international hit Mr. Hulot's Holiday. This time, the story finds Hulot, a self-involved twit on a constant collision with the physical world, grappling with 1950s-style progress. Visiting his sister and brother-in-law in their ultra-progressive household full of noisy gadgets and futuristic decor, Hulot inevitably has dust-ups with modernity, each one exceptionally funny. Taking a page from Buster Keaton's playbook, Tati also employs his trademark techniques with sound and production design to achieve the indefinable, comic genius of his films: the rhythmic clacking of footsteps, the cartoon-panel distance of his camera frame from the heart of the action. (Why are funny things funnier when seen from a few extra feet away?) Tati is one of the cinema's great treasures, and this movie is unforgettable. --Tom Keogh



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best of Jacques Tati: M. Hulot franchise
Expertise a must***
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Mon Oncle
If you sign up to this genre, it's perfect. Gently amusing and charming. Commenting cleverly on the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Tati: at your birthday's party!
My uncle was for the cinema what "A brave new world" for literature but told with an ever smiling face. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THIS IS EB BEST OF THE HULOT SERIES
I LOVED MR HUOT'S VACATION, BUT ONE ONCLE TO ME IS THE FUNNIEST OF THE HOT SERIES. I LOVED THE PRETENTIOUSNESS ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Better" is no good if a child doesn't go with it
In the aftermath of WWII, most western world faced similar problems. Large scale urban planning and large scale ... Read More

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